Nutrition Notes Written by our Ph.D. nutritionists and other animal nutrition staff professionals from the KNG Nutrition Department, these articles address timely nutrition and management topics or issues making news in the industry. View Product Filters SpeciesSwine Showing 1-12 of 28 results Evaluation of Amino Acid Imbalances in Corn and Low Protein Diets in Reducing Growth Rate and Feed Intakes in Late Finishing PigsSwineJames Smith, Ph.D., Senior Technical Swine Nutritionist and Michael Edmonds, Ph.D., Vice President, Swine and Poultry Nutrition Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic, numerous packing plants have been shut down for extended periods of time due to employee safety concerns. These closures have placed a critical strain on the porkContinue reading… Evaluation of Amino Acid Imbalances in Reducing Growth Rate and Feed Intakes in Late Finishing PigsSwineJames Smith, Ph.D., Senior Technical Swine Nutritionist and Michael Edmonds, Ph.D., Vice President, Swine and Poultry Nutrition Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic, numerous packing plants have been shut down for extended periods of time due to employee safety concerns. These shut downs and closures have placed a critical strainContinue reading… Use of HydraVantage® Dietary Supplement in SEW Pigs: Impact on Performance and EconomicsSwineHydraVantage dietary animal supplement is a highly refined, flavored and soluble nutritional premix. In the research project conducted by Kent Nutrition Group, Inc. (KNG) ending on February 24, 2016, the SEW pigs (20 days old) in Group 1 received water for the entire test period of 34 days (Table 1).Continue reading… Use of Newer Phytase Source (Hiphos M and Hiphos Gt) in Kent Swine ProductsSwineThe use of newer technologies to manufacture more effective phytase sources has been rapidly emerging in recent years. HiPhos M (for meal feeds) and HiPhos GT (for pelleted feeds) are two newer phytase sources from DSM Nutritional Products. Compared to previous phytase products, these newer sources not only provide aContinue reading… Supplemental Mintrex® Copper Improves Grower-Finisher Performance and EconomicsSwineMintrex copper is a newer generation of supplemental copper in which one copper molecule is chelated to two specific methionine molecules. This combination results in a source of copper that is highly bioavailable to the small intestine. In addition, the methionine (78% of formula) is also bioavailable and useful inContinue reading… Supplemental NutriVantage® Hydra: Performance and Economics in Grow-Finish PigsSwineNutriVantage Hydra is a highly refined, flavored, soluble nutritional supplement that may help support the immune system of pigs, specifically during times of stress. NutriVantage Hydra contains a fresh water humic acid (a high-density source of medium-high carbon) that may help the immune system. NutriVantage Hydra also includes Vitamin C,Continue reading… Impact of HydraVantage® on Performance and Economics of SEW PigsSwineHydraVantage is a highly refined, flavored and soluble nutritional premix that may help pigs during times of stress. HydraVantage contains fresh water humic acid (a source of nutrient-rich carbon) that may help support the immune system; butyric acid that provides energy to intestinal cells; and Vitamin C, a key antioxidantContinue reading… NexGen With Cibenza® and Mintrex® Copper Could Improve Profitability For ProducersSwineKent Nutrition Group strives continually to find new products and solutions for our customers. In some cases these solutions are evaluated extensively at our Product Development Center, in other situations, we work with customers to implement them immediately because we feel the data is compelling. Over the past two yearsContinue reading… Dietary Vitamin C Helps Health-Challenged PigsSwineIncreasing serum vitamin D levels with the use of a stabilized form of vitamin C is an important finding to help the pork industry make progress towards addressing many issues that may be associated with vitamin D status Swine producers are continually faced with the challenges of getting weaned pigsContinue reading… Effect of Supplemental NutriVantage® Hydra on Performance and Economics in Weanling PigsSwineNutriVantage Hydra is a highly refined, flavored, soluble nutritional supplement that may help support the immune system of pigs, especially during times of stress. NutriVantage Hydra contains a fresh water humic acid (a high-density source of medium-high carbon) that may help the immune system. Vitamin C is also included asContinue reading… Supplemental Nutrivantage® In Grow-Finish PigsSwineDeveloping products that can help pork producers raise healthier pigs to feed a growing population is an ongoing effort at the Kent Nutrition Group Product Development Center. NutriVantage® Nutrition Optimizer® for swine is a research-driven feed supplement designed to help animals achieve optimum nutrition from their diet. Our exclusive NutriVantageContinue reading… The Effect of Skycis™ In Grow-Finish PigsSwineComing changes to antibiotics regulation in pork production, make it imperative that alternative compounds be developed to help improve performance and/or health of swine. Elanco has developed a new compound called Skycis, featuring the ionophore narasin as the active ingredient. This antimicrobial product has been used strictly in food animalsContinue reading… 123LAST >
